Window device



Oct. 9, 1934. .1. B; CLAY ET AL WINDOW DEVICE Filed Aug. 21,.

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J- 15. CZay and W. O T V-(LZZe,

Patented Get. 9, 3.9341- 1,9'75i825 j WINDOWDEVICE Joseph- B.*-Clay-and- Walter- Heights, Iowa, -assignors to- Corporation, Cedar. Falls,-"I'wa v Application August 21, l933,"Serial-No. 685,981 Claims. (01. 189-'-'69)-' Our invention relates to improvements in'win'-' dow devices,wand thexobject of our improvement is .totrsupplyl a devicevof this class suitable? especially for animal habitations or other build- 5 ings, in which a v.tiltablei sash s .swingably mounted betweenspaced closure side wings to adjustably direct air. drafts upwardly into the building andbeing supplied with 'novel means forreleasably securing the .sashin a desired po-- *5 sition: of tiltingor held securely in .a closed position'i in. the window frame.

This object we have accomplished by. the

means: which are hereinafter described and claimed, and which are illustrated in the. ac-

' are the substantially triangular metal "side wings;--

imperforate, and widening upwardly;- and 1 having along their inner" sloping edges the'in- .companying drawing, in which Fig. 1 ista front elevation 'ofithe'improved window device as seen from. within the. building; parts being in section or :broken' away. Fig. 2 is a vertical crosssection of ..the window i device takenlon .theibroken ;line2- 2 of said Fig; 1, andth'ei dotted linesiindicating' an ad'justablyf opened position. of the sash'thereof- Fig. .3 is a top. plan of: the device, with 'parts in horizontalsectiornrand .the sash closed. Fig. 4 is:a top. plan of thedevice' with. horizontal section, and the sash intheia parts in same position of-tilted adjustment as shown in said Fig.'.2 in. dotted lines. Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary detail view in section of the lower bearing parts and their swingable sash as mounted thereon for vertical sliding adjustments. Fig. 6 is a perspective detail of the shoulder locking means.

This invention constitutes an improvement upon the window device patent granted to J. B.

-. .Clay and L. R. Wilson, by the United States Patent Office. March 7, 1933, Number 1,899,943, and upon the window device, application serial number 595,274, filed February 26, 1932, by J. B. Clay and W. O. Wille.

Our improved window device includes a hollow rectangular window frame of metal preferably shown at 1 in Fig. 2 as a Z-bar in cross section. The bottom reach of this frame has its forward part inclined angularly forwardly. This part of the frame has a depending flange 5 therealong. A sash 8, also preferably of metal, is mounted within the said frame and its parts are of T-bar cross section. These sections of the frame and sash may be of any other desired 50521 085 section.

The inner flange of the Window frame 1 as detailed in said Fig. 5, is near its lower parts at each side seated in side notches 8b of rectangular shape of the lower angular part of the 55;.sash loosely, the said part being bent downwardeach other to serve as limiting stops 1y at 80; and the notches-have their edges :at a

right: angle relatively to 'each other to permitthelower cross bar-of the sash 8 to loerslid up Wardly on the said flanges of the framefl, and

the inner face of the -'lowersash 'barl' may qbe fastened a downwardly hooked 'nfinger-piece-f 18 lifting the may have 'one or more 'alsoi' 't'o inake'the sashttiltable'forwardlyx' On' F; therefor are preferably alsoofT-bar cross sec'--- "1 and between its sides and the adjacent :side bars of" the sash 8 wardlydirected flanges" '7, which. are opposite swingable: sash 8. Thelower edgesof the wings for the -1 6 and-saidfianges'l are seatedwithinth'e frame 1 at the bottom the front part 5 of the frame at of inclination; The wings "and the flanges "'7 contact with the same-angle 6 are secured to'the window 'framein any desired -manner as.-:by'

rivets or -bolts; i Ifanda when -de sired, =-angle braces :19 are-.fixedlyconnected between the top horizontal edges of the wings 6 and the upper bar of the frame 1, as shown in said Fig. 4.

On the inside face of each wing 6 at or near its top a curving friction-lock bar 16 is mounted thereon in spaced relation on interposed studs 17, both ends of the bar 16 being preferably spaced either from the flange 7 or in the rear from the frame 1, and in the latter case with an abrupt vertical shoulder, and slightly in advance of the top bar of the sash 8 when closed. This top bar of the sash as shown in Fig. 1 has a medial apertured pair of lugs 12 and near its ends with a single apertured lug 14 whose apertures are in line with the apertures of the lugs 12 to seat therethrough the separated but alined members of a rock shaft 13 which has a medial elongated loop or handle part 11.

The numeral 10 denotes a pair of hooks mount- 1% ed fixedly centrally on the middle horizontal bar of the sash 8, and the detents thereof face each other in spaced relation, whereby when the resilient rod parts of the handle 11 are compressed toward each other sufficiently, the parts may be 105st:

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ture with the sash movable between them, with a curvate longitudinal edge and secured in The extreme end parts of the shaft members 13 without the bearing lugs 14 are bent to be cranks 15 whose terminations cross the rear shoulders of the friction-bars 16 when the sash is closed to grip the shoulders and lock the sash to the frame 1. This is shown in full lines in Fig. 2, also in'Fig. 3. When the sash is to be held releasably in a tilted position adjustably, as shown in Fig. 4 in full lines and in said Fig. 2 in dotted lines, the handle 11 having been first disengaged from the clips 10 is rocked forwardly to disengage the saiditerminal cranks 15 from behind the rear shoulders of the friction bars 16, so that the cranks will just clear the lower edges of the bars 16 as the sash is swung forwardly to a desired position. Then the handle is reengaged as described with the clips 10, wlL'ch rocks the cranks 15 upwardly to tightly frictionally grip the lower edges of the bars 16, thus holding the sash in its adjusted position.

The reinforced mounting of the wings 6 and ineluding the friction-bars 16 afford a strong and rigid construction to retain the sash in an adjusted position.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a window device, in combination, an open window structure, a sash swingingly mounted therein, spaced side wings mounted on said struca bar spaced relation across the top part of the inner wall'of a wing, a crank rockingly mounted on said sash to be rocked into frictional engagements with the curvate edge of said bar at times,

and means for releasably locking said crank in any of adjusted engagements with said bar to hold releasably said sash in a desired tilted position. a V V 1 2. In a window device, in combination, an open window structure, a sash swingingly mounted therein, spaced side wings mounted on said structure with thesash movable betweenthem, like bars with curvate under edges secured in spaced relation across the top parts of the inner walls of said wings, a rock-shaft mounted across said sash' and provided with like end cranks for occasional engagements adjustably with the curvate edges of said bars, and means for releasably locking said rock-shaft to hold said cranks in engagement with said bars to retain the sash in a desired tilted open position.

3. In a window device, in combination, an open window structure a sash swingingly mounted therein, spaced side wings mounted on said structure with the sash tiltably movable between them, like bars with curvate under edges secured across the top parts of the inner walls of said wings, a rock-shaft mounted across said sash and provided with end cranks, the rear ends of said bars being spaced from said sash when the latter is closed, said rock-shaft having a medial leverhandle, means for locking said handle in an adjusted position, and said cranks when rocked being adapted to eithersengage the rear ends of said bars to lock the sash in closed position, or to engage the curvate edges of the bars to lock the sash in desired tilted positions of adjustment.

7 frame with a radius of curvature slightly longer than the radius of tilting movements of the sash, said curvate element being shaped with an abrupt shoulder spaced from said frame, and a rockable element mounted upon the sash to be engaged at times iockably and releasably with the said shoulder to retain the sash in a closed position, and at other times to be rocked into locking engagemen with the curvate bar to releasably retain the sash in a desired position of tilting relative to said frame.

' 5. In a device of the character described, a Window frame having engaging means rigidly mounted thereon, a sash swingingly mounted in said frame, andra rockable arm mounted on the sash with means thereon for engaging it releasably with a part of the frame engaging means to hold the sash in a desired adjusted tilted position,

or interlocked with an end part of said engaging I 

